“I
am not a believer in looking at the past because it is dead; but looking at the past because it is living.”
Sir Robert Menzies.

No
Prime Minister did more to shape modern Australia than Sir Robert
Menzies. His watershed election victory in 1949 marked the start an
unprecedented period of progress, population
growth and rising living standards.

The contributors to this important work take a fresh look at Menzies’ influence and legacy.

They
conclude that Australia’s post-war success was not pre-destined but was
driven by the ambitions of an industrious middle class empowered by the
principles of freedom Menzies
upheld.

The message for today’s Australia is clear: innovation and enterprise - not government - hold the key to future prosperity.

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Menzies: the Shaping of Modern Australia is the first volume in the Menzies Research Centre’s Living Legacy collection.